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> om . ma € . i . . a . . \ 7 . t . ot "7 . lew . ‘0 a * . . . vee a . noe aot can . : a . . i re a Le Pn rer ine oo a ee ae Be eee ete BR em a a a ee he en aan ale Oath lip oe Be ome ot areen soe tee om - #9 WY 100-111180 c (om om ape 5/16/68 On this date, CLARENCE JONES told STANLEY LEVISON of a telegram Senator EUGENE MC CARTHY had sent to CORETTA KING and RALPH ABERNATHY, SCLC President, extending his greet- ings and concern to the &crets Poor People's Campaign... They want on to discuss Presidential candidate RICHARD NIXON's posture on the civil rights situation and NIXON's plan of building ghetto industries owned by people in the ghetto. LEVISON attacked this idea. JONES then brought up the subject of the Senator re we aE so Sue yee Wise be wh ee EUGENE MC CARTHY campaign for the presidency “and mentioned that there was a split in the movement with two contending points of view. They went on to discuss this situation and both agreed that the main concern should be stopping Vice- President HUMPHREY'’s bid. They also discussed a@ speech JONES wes to give at a MC CARTHY rally at Madison Square Garden, New York City. This information wae furnished the Bureau by letter end LHM dated 5/22/68, captioned “SCLC = Racial Matters", 6/3, 4/6E On 6/3/68, STANLEY LEVISON ani HARRY BELAFONTE. discussed BAYARD RUSTIN's Btatement crystalizing the demands of the Poor People's Campaign (PPC) issued on 6/2/68 LEVISON was extremely critical of RUSTIN claiming that RUSTIN had swept aside MARTIN LUTHER KING's progran. On the same date LEVISON expressed his displeasure over RUSTIN's changing the demands of the PPC to RALPH ABERNATHY, SCLC President. ABERNATHY professed to know nothing about RUSTIN's change of the demands of the SCLC and LEVISON castigated ABERNATHY stating it was no way to run an organization. LEVISON also questioned the necessity of having a mase mobilization on 6/19/68 in Washington, D.C., ‘ stating it was not vital. : O:TiAL i ee peeeeneeenenenn sae eee Se Tere perenne